Persian Adjectives

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Persian Adjectives

Learning the Persian Adjectives is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you master it the more you get closer to mastering the Persian language. But first we need to know what the role of Adjectives is in the structure of the grammar in Persian.

Persian Adjectives are words that describe or modify another person or thing in the sentence. Here are some examples:

Adjective

Adjectives have only one form. They agree neither in gender (since
Persian is a gender-neutral language) nor in number with the noun they modify.

Adjectives come after the noun and are related to it with the
genitive particle «e» («ye» after all vowels but «i»):

pesar
e xub — good boy

Adjectives can be modified by adverbs:

xâne
ye bozorg — big house

xâne
ye besyâr bozorg — very big house

Comparative form

·The comparative form of an adjective is made by
adding the suffix «-tar» to the end of the adjective:

Adjective

Comparative

bad (bad)

badtar
(worse)

kam (little)

kamtar
(less)

bozorg (big)

bozorgtar
(bigger)

zibâ
(beautiful)

zibâtar
(more beautiful)

dustdâŝtani
(lovable)

dustdâŝtanitar
(more lovable)

English Adjectives

Persian Adjectives

adjectives

ṣefet hā - صفت ها

a green tree

derekhet sebez - درخت سبز

a tall building

sākhetemān belened - ساختمان بلند

a very old man

mered beseyār peyer - مرد بسیار پیر

the old red house

khāneh quedeyemey queremez - خانه قدیمی قرمز

a very nice friend

doset beseyār khob - دوست بسیار خوب

As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Adjectives in Persian has a logical pattern. Locate the Adjectives above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Farsi.

List of Adjectives in Persian

Below is a list of the Adjectives, Colors, Shapes, Sizes in Persian placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Persian vocabulary.

English Adjectives

Persian Adjectives

colors

renekehā - رنگها

black

seyāh - سیاه

blue

ābey - آبی

brown

quehoh āy - قهوه ای

gray

khākeseterey - خاکستری

green

sebez - سبز

orange

nārenejey - نارنجی

purple

āreghoāney - ارغوانی

red

queremez - قرمز

white

sefeyed - سفید

yellow

zered - زرد

sizes

ānedāzeh hā - اندازه ها

big

bezerek - بزرگ

deep

'emeyequ - عمیق

long

derāz / kesheyedeh / ṭolāney - دراز / کشیده / طولانی

narrow

bāreyek - باریک

short

kotāh - کوتاه

small

kochek - کوچک

tall

qued belened - قد بلند

thick

z̤ekheyem - ضخیم

thin

nāzek - نازک

wide

weseye' - وسیع

shapes

āshekāl - اشکال

circular

dāyereh - دایره

straight

rāset - راست

square

merebe' - مربع

triangular

mes̱eles̱ - مثلث

tastes

mezeh hā - مزه ها

bitter

telekh - تلخ

fresh

tāzeh - تازه

salty

shor - شور

sour

teresh - ترش

spicy

tened - تند

sweet

sheyereyen - شیرین

qualities

keyefeyet - کیفیت

bad

bed - بد

clean

temeyeze/pāk - تمیز/پاک

dark

tār / tāreyek - تار / تاریک

difficult

deshoār - دشوار

dirty

kes̱eyef - کثیف

dry

kheshek - خشک

easy

sādeh - ساده

empty

khāley - خالی

expensive

kerān - گران

fast

sereye' - سریع

foreign

khārejey - خارجی

full

kāmel - کامل

good

khob - خوب

hard

sekhet / sefet - سخت / سفت

heavy

senekeyen - سنگین

inexpensive

ārezān - ارزان

light

sebek - سبک

local

meḥeley - محلی

new

jedeyed - جدید

noisy

per ser o ṣedā - پر سر و صدا

old

quedeyemey - قدیمی

powerful

quoy - قوی

quiet

sāket - ساکت

correct

dereset - درست

slow

kened - کند

soft

nerem - نرم

very

beseyār - بسیار

weak

z̤e'eyef - ضعیف

wet

mereṭob - مرطوب

wrong

āshetebāh - اشتباه

young

joān - جوان

quantities

kemeyet - کمیت

few

te'edād beseyār kem - تعداد بسیار کم

little

mequedār beseyār kem - مقدار بسیار کم

many

te'edād zeyādey - تعداد زیادی

much

mequedār zeyādey - مقدار زیادی

part

bekhesh - بخش

some

te'edādey / mequedārey - تعدادی / مقداری

a few

chened - چند

whole

temām - تمام

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